Today's topic was actually suggested by my friend, who's currently doing this challenge together with me! ^^ (you can visit her at www.xiaochabohh.blogspot.com) and I had quite a lot of fun envisioning and writing out the topic. Abit under the weather currently now though, so pardon me if my writing has been below-standard. Anywayyyy, enjoy!
#30daychallenge - Day 6
If I Were An Animal, What
Would I Be?
22nd June 2013
A small bullet whizzed through the clear blue sky on a bright summer
morning. It moved at such a quick speed that it could barely be
spotted by the humans that were far below on the ground. It had been
flying for quite some time now, and along the way, it had seen
endless fields of green littered with rustic red and white farmhouses
and barnyards, winding rivers that glittered like crystals under the
strong morning sunlight, brown and black specks of cattle that were
sprawled all over the pastures beneath. The swallow would have to
find a place to roost soon, its wings were getting tired.
I have always loved birds. When I was still a kid, I would see
documentaries on TV that showed different species of birds, on land,
in the sea, and in the air. I loved how they spread their wings so
widely and flapped with such ease as they glided through the sky.
Even in my most favourite classic literary piece, Heidi, I was
fascinated most by the eagle that lived in the soaring peaks of the
Alps, where she would return to every evening without fail. Then I
closed my eyes and tried to imagine how her cries would echo off the
mountain ridges into the valleys below so everyone would know she was
there; home.
When I got my hands on my camera and started being a tad bit
interested in photography, I snapped at whatever I could find. Trees,
buildings, random people, everything. But then I remember when I was
on a holiday in Yunnan, China and the tour guide was showing us
around this national park. Coincidentally, it was winter time, and we
were in time to spot the most beautiful gathering of gulls at the
lake's edge. I couldn't stop being excited, in front of my eyes were
flocks of gulls, too many white specks to count individually, and
they were making such a ruckus pleading to be fed by the bird-lovers
with crumbs in their hands. I randomly pointed my camera at a lone
gull, roosting on the ground, and got the prettiest shot of it
stretching its wings, looking so innocent and adorable. From then on,
bird photography is something I always try to experiment with,
because I love how majestic birds look on screen and in pictures.
If I had a chance to depend entirely on nature to keep me alive, to
migrate from continent to continent following changing seasons and
climates, to fly halfway across the world while feeling the different
types of wind blowing past me, to see the whole earth from an aerial
point of view, and have not a care in the world at all except where
and how I was going to touchdown in my new environment, I would
gladly be reborn as a bird. Flying high, and flying free.
If you had a chance to be your favourite animal, what would it be?
Thanks for reading! ^^
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